{"id":620,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T21:17:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:17:38","slug":"special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-belgium-flemish\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/suggested-readings\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/h2>\n<p>The Flemish labor market has been struggling for many years with a shortage of technical and scientific workers. Even in times of economic crisis, job vacancies in science and technology have remained unfilled\u2014a clear sign that there are too few technically skilled graduates of secondary and higher education. The Flemish government is addressing these issues. In 2012, a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) plan was developed to motivate more people to choose a career in science and technology.<sup>9<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In schools there is an urgent need to integrate mathematics, science, and technology instruction. Many students are demotivated because mathematics and science instruction are too abstract. Technology makes these subjects more concrete. For example, elements of mathematics, physics, and computer science may be illustrated by the effect of the windmill. In the reformed secondary education curriculum, content is linked to key competencies that are defined in attainment targets. Future grant projects and management agreements in Flanders call for an integrated approach to teaching STEM subjects, identifying it as a key criterion, and good examples of integrated STEM education receive public recognition. In higher education, there are measures in place that support integrated and interdisciplinary work, and \u201cbridge projects\u201d have been established in which educational institutions and business organizations work together toward the objectives of the STEM Action Plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education The Flemish labor market has been struggling for many years with a shortage of technical and scientific workers. Even in times of economic crisis, job vacancies in science and technology have remained unfilled\u2014a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/belgium-flemish\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"0"},"class_list":["post-620","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3526,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620\/revisions\/3526"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}